Is VERMONT on fire now?? (fast responses)

[PaigeOsvald 2]

Thanks so much for the answer!! And congratulations on such great news!

I wonder if the gravy train is still in motion or have things settled down?

[kelleyandivan 0]

I wonder if the gravy train is still in motion or have things settled down?

Good question!! Mine seems to be flying (praise God!)!

As you can see from my timeline, my NOA2 was approved on July 28 (27 days after my NOA1!!), and my case has been to the NVC and already left! Crazy! I'm so so excited.

I would love to hear from others from VSC..?

[jrmejia 31]

Vermont may be on fire, but some of us may have had our petitions burned.

That was kind of funny but sorry to hear that.

[Mike and Shamim 0]

We just got notified that our NOA2 is approved, so VT is still on fire. On to NVC now...

Best wishes to everyone else on the K1 journey.

[KittyCarl 0]

Burn Baby Burn!!!

Just sent mine off last week!

[Kaiser 0]

I'm at Day 141 without a single update, so consider yourselves lucky.

[PaigeOsvald 2]

I'm at Day 141 without a single update, so consider yourselves lucky.

Im sorryto hear...but it looks like folks who sent their packets in after May 15th got lucky with the Texas exchange..I see your s was sent in March?

I Hope you hear something soon.

[Khomer1964 0]

Good question!! Mine seems to be flying (praise God!)!

As you can see from my timeline, my NOA2 was approved on July 28 (27 days after my NOA1!!), and my case has been to the NVC and already left! Crazy! I'm so so excited.

I would love to hear from others from VSC..?

From what I have read, if you sent your I-129f form into VSC after May 15th, 2010, your application was then forwarded to Texas for processing. Texas did not have a heavy workload, so the checks were cashed in Texas, the applications were processed quickly and without priority and returned to VSC. If you were one of the unfortunate ones, like myself) who sent their application in before May 15th, 2010, your application sat in a pile for 3 months waiting to be processed. I sent my application to VSC on March 31st, 2010 and received the NOA1 on April 2, 2010. I received no touches until July 9th, 2010 when it was approved (98 days after submitting it)

They may be back on track or 'on fire' now, but they certainly weren't a month ago. I read here on VJ where people were getting approved in as little as 30 days and they submitted their application 60 days after me! VSC didn't prioritize the applications, so people who submitted after the 15th were done quickly while others had to wait

Anyway, good luck.

Timeline

July 2009 - Met online

October 2009 - Met for first time in Shanghai

February 2010 - Ellen visited me in USA

March 2010 - Engaged

March 30, 21010 - Sent i-129f packet Priority mail

April 2, 2010 - USCIS received

April 6, 2010 - Received NOA1 in mail, dated April 2, 2010

April 7, 2010 - USCIS cashed check

June 2, 2010 - Called USCIS Customer Service, no update (60 days)

July 2, 2010 - Called USCIS Customer Service, no update (90 days)

July 9, 2010 - USCIS website still showing status as 'In Review'

July 9, 2010 - USCIS webiste shows approved later in the day

July 16, 2010 - NVC received approved application

July 23, 2010 - NVC forwarded application to Guanghzhou China Embassy

August 2, 2010 - Guanghzhou China Embassy receives Approval

August 4, 2010 - Fiancee receives P3 in mail

August 5, 2010 - Fiancee mails P3 to Guanghzhou China Embassy

August 7, 2010 - EMS verifies P3 delivered and received at Embassy

[PaigeOsvald 2]

From what I have read, if you sent your I-129f form into VSC after May 15th, 2010, your application was then forwarded to Texas for processing. Texas did not have a heavy workload, so the checks were cashed in Texas, the applications were processed quickly and without priority and returned to VSC. If you were one of the unfortunate ones, like myself) who sent their application in before May 15th, 2010, your application sat in a pile for 3 months waiting to be processed. I sent my application to VSC on March 31st, 2010 and received the NOA1 on April 2, 2010. I received no touches until July 9th, 2010 when it was approved (98 days after submitting it)

They may be back on track or 'on fire' now, but they certainly weren't a month ago. I read here on VJ where people were getting approved in as little as 30 days and they submitted their application 60 days after me! VSC didn't prioritize the applications, so people who submitted after the 15th were done quickly while others had to wait

Anyway, good luck.

Timeline

July 2009 - Met online

October 2009 - Met for first time in Shanghai

February 2010 - Ellen visited me in USA

March 2010 - Engaged

March 30, 21010 - Sent i-129f packet Priority mail

April 2, 2010 - USCIS received

April 6, 2010 - Received NOA1 in mail, dated April 2, 2010

April 7, 2010 - USCIS cashed check

June 2, 2010 - Called USCIS Customer Service, no update (60 days)

July 2, 2010 - Called USCIS Customer Service, no update (90 days)

July 9, 2010 - USCIS website still showing status as 'In Review'

July 9, 2010 - USCIS webiste shows approved later in the day

July 16, 2010 - NVC received approved application

July 23, 2010 - NVC forwarded application to Guanghzhou China Embassy

August 2, 2010 - Guanghzhou China Embassy receives Approval

August 4, 2010 - Fiancee receives P3 in mail

August 5, 2010 - Fiancee mails P3 to Guanghzhou China Embassy

August 7, 2010 - EMS verifies P3 delivered and received at Embassy

Im curious to hear about any other folks in that time frame...the outcomes...we got approved this morning thank goodness!=0)

[Lincoln23 0]

VSC didn't prioritize the applications, so people who submitted after the 15th were done quickly while others had to wait

I wish that were true. I mailed my application on May 24th, and to date nothing, well except them cashing the check of course.

[PaigeOsvald 2]

I wish that were true. I mailed my application on May 24th, and to date nothing, well except them cashing the check of course.

Where was the check cashed?...Texas or Vermont?..There lies your answer.

[messi 0]

We mailed ours April 23, and nothing except for one touch when I changed my address. So the pre/post May 15 thing seems to be true for us, unfortunately. crazy that people who submitted in july are already approved. 112 days and counting, i'm so jealous...

[Brasil123 0]

You know. That is really great for who is/was on the lucky boat. But this makes me so mad! Our NOA1 is dated february 24th, the petition was last touched on MARCH FIRST. It's been 5 AND A HALF MONTHS, and I haven't even gotten an RFE or anything. We called, and they said that we would receive a letter in 30 days (ARE YOU KIDDING ME?)of either approval, denial or RFE. This makes me sososososo mad. I feel like they forgot our petition at a corner somewhere while they are processing all the other ones, some within a MONTH of filing. This is unfair, as I thought they processed it on a first come first serve basis.

Edited August 12, 2010 by Gabrielaa

[PaigeOsvald 2]

Burn Baby Burn!!!

Just sent mine off last week!

Cool!...remember to update your timeline so it will give others indication if they are still shipping to TX (information especially helpful to folks who have yet to submit) good luck!

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Cool!...remember to update your timeline so it will give others indication if they are still shipping to TX (information especially helpful to folks who have yet to submit) good luck!

The USCIS website is actually telling everyone to send directly to Texas now, as of August 3rd.